THE 519 Ecclesial Nature and Mission of Theology
This course introduces the student to the graduate study of sacred theology by examining the nature and mission of theology as an ecclesial vocation, in light of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 1990 document, “Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian” (Donum Veritatis). The nature of theology is examined as a “science” in the classical sense, that is, an intellectual habit in which certitude is available through rational reflection, in the light of faith, on divine revelation. The student will be formed in the fundamental dispositions and tools requisite to the responsible and academic pursuit of graduate theological studies.